Property market
The five-year median is £154,000 from 3,616 recorded sales in BL3. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Bolton is £202,770 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.
BL3
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,822
- Current units
- 1,387
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 435
Postcode sectors in BL3
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
26,306 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 317, Willows Lane, Bolton, BL3 4HH | 27 July 2026 | £140,000 |
| 5, Hough Street, Bolton, BL3 4LX | 24 July 2026 | £87,500 |
| 39, Oldstead Grove, Bolton, BL3 4XW | 23 July 2026 | £335,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 42
- Primary
- 25
- Secondary
- 6
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 7
- Months covered
- 6
- Latest month
- February 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5
- Other crime 1
- Other theft 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BL3 usual residents
- 71,883
- Age-profile population
- 72,161
Age bands in BL3
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 23.9%
- 17,230 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.6%
- 9,804 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- 19,030 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.2%
- 15,984 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 14%
- 10,113 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,364 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 42.4%
In this district, 1,309 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 1,163 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
18
in this district
3D MEDICAL CENTRE
200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP
ODS code Y00186
AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82640
BEEHIVE SURGERY
108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR
ODS code P82616
BOLTON MEDICAL CENTRE
21 RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6PY
ODS code Y02790
DEANE CLINIC 1
HORSFIELD STREET, DEANE, BOLTON, BL3 4LU
ODS code P82660
DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE
155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH
ODS code P82030
DR S NASEEF
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82629
GREAT LEVER ONE
RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82633
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 1
DR HALLIKERI & PARTNERS, 63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82020
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 2
63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82036
OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE
PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code Y03366
ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE
ODS code P82624
PIKES LANE 1
THE PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82002
SHANTI MEDICAL CENTRE
160 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PH
ODS code P82609
SPRING VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
MYTHAM ROAD, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HQ
ODS code P82613
ST HELENS ROAD PRACTICE
GARNET FOLD PRACTICE, 374-376 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3RR
ODS code P82009
SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL
ODS code P82004
THE BOLTON FAMILY PRACTICE
GREAT LEVER HEALTH CENTRE, RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82013
Evidence in context
Schools
42 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 6 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
7 published events cover 6 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.